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Their body is covered with fine , velvet - like hairs . characteristics and
classification 8 : 851d velvety shore bug , any insect of the family Ochteridae (
order Heteroptera ) , which numbers about 25 species . These insects resemble
tiny toads ...
Their body is covered with fine , velvet - like hairs . characteristics and
classification 8 : 851d velvety shore bug , any insect of the family Ochteridae (
order Heteroptera ) , which numbers about 25 species . These insects resemble
tiny toads ...
Page 748
Work done on a body is accomplished not only by a displacement of the body as
a whole from one place to another , but also , for example , by compressing a gas
, by rotating a shaft , and even by causing invisible motions of the particles ...
Work done on a body is accomplished not only by a displacement of the body as
a whole from one place to another , but also , for example , by compressing a gas
, by rotating a shaft , and even by causing invisible motions of the particles ...
Page 875
Examples of metabolic diseases include overproduction or underproduction of
hormones , which control specific body processes ; nutritional deficiencies ;
poisoning from such agents as insecticides , fungicides , herbicides , fluorine ,
and ...
Examples of metabolic diseases include overproduction or underproduction of
hormones , which control specific body processes ; nutritional deficiencies ;
poisoning from such agents as insecticides , fungicides , herbicides , fluorine ,
and ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 16 The New Encyclopædia Britannica |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopædia Britannica, Incorporated, 1981 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 19 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 085229378X, 9780852293782 |
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